Different look for Tynwald Day

Mon, 06 Jul 2020

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It's Tynwald Day.

Celebrations will look different this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

There will be no fair, just a small ceremony and no military guard of honour.

Petitions for redress will not presented in person at today's ceremony.

The Lieutenant Governor will still lay a wreath at the War Memorial, and a minute's silence will be observed before the National Anthem starts proceedings on the hill.

There will still be a road closure in place later this morning. The main Peel road will be closed 10am – 12.30pm from Ballacraine to Station Road with the usual closure down towards Tynwald Mills.